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vanessa
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hi all, my female axie which i got about 1 month ago layed eggs around less than a week after i got her. after she layed the eggs i put them in a tub and cleaned out my whole main tank because of all the egg goo that was left over. i have 7 adult axies in that tank and hoped my filter could handle the clean up. obviously not because about 5 days later i noticed my axie that had layed the eggs had a bit of skin peeling off, it was so little and hardly noticable so i thought maybe it was her colouration or i was seeing things. the next day it seemed there was more skin coming off so i took a water sample down to my local aquarium shop and it showed that there was .5 ammonia in my tank which i NEVER have. none of my other axies seemed to be effected as there skin was fine and their tails nor gills were curled or showing any signs of stress. i took my axie whos skin was peeling off out of the tank and into a bucket with fresh declhorinated water with some stress coat. at this stage she was still eating. the next day i put her in the fridge as her skin was still peeling off, that was 3 days ago. i took her out yesterday. she has not eaten today and is adamantly refusing any food ive offered her. her skin still wont stop peeling though even though the quality of the water im using is good. so i put double the amount of stress coat in the water hoping it will help. i dont know what else i can do. i ve tried to feeding her everything; beef heart, beef liver, earth worms, blood worms and even bacon. if anyone know what i should do please let me know. im not sure if i should put her back in the fridge. is there anything else i can put in the water to help her with stress or to make her skin stop peeling. i dont want to lose her and if i do then ill never forgive myself. im just happy that my other axies werent affected, i assume its because her health was weakened because she had just layed eggs which could have made her more likely to be suseptable. the ammonia in the tank is gone now but i dont want to put back in there with all the other axies because they may stress her out more. im most worried about her not eating though as how is she supposed to get better if she doesnt eat? if anyone knows how to help me please let me know.(im panicing now!)